ERES Digital Library

The European Real Estate Society (ERES) was established in 1994 to create an international real estate network between academics and professionals across Europe. ERES is dedicated to promoting and advancing the real estate discipline and specifically property based research throughout Europe. The Society incorporates national research societies, academic researchers, practitioners and doctoral students engaged in real estate. The core activities of ERES include an annual conference, industry seminars and education seminars.

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Rent Regulation in Housing Markets – International Perspective and the Case of Germany

Demographic changes, urbanisation and lack of accommodations for refugees are current issues in all German cities, which has led to rent increases and resulted in reforms of the German residential rent control framework.

The European Real Estate Society (ERES) is pleased to announce the 13th ERES Education Seminar to be held in Alicante, Spain, organized by the University of Alicante, during December, 1st – 2nd 2017.

The Seminar will provide a forum for academics to present and discuss research on Real Estate Education, the challenges, techniques and other related issues. The seminar will devote one panel to identify the introduction of energy concepts in real estate education. This panel reflects collaboration with the RENTALCAL Project and its team members.

The ERSA & ERES Summer School targets PhD students and junior researchers with less than 10 years of research experience. The Summer School intends to bring together Real Estate researchers and Regional Economists. Participants research should relate to at least one of the following areas: real estate development, urban planning, urban development, urban economics.

The European Real Estate Society's Annual Conference is the primary event of the Society. The ERES Annual Conference provides an open forum for the exchange of ideas and the dissemination of research in areas such as real estate finance, economics, appraisal, investment and asset management.

The main topic of the ERES education seminar 2015 is Real estate education: built environment schools vs business schools. This topic will be subject for debate in two panel discussions: One with members of industry and one academic. Papers related to this topic are especially welcome. The education seminar will further welcome papers in all fields of real estate education.

The global financial crisis has changed the perception of risk worldwide. The new awareness of risk has had several implications, among which a strong decrease in the availability of credit. In housing markets with decreasing housing prices a limited availability of mortgage credit creates a downward spiral of further worsening market conditions. The stranglehold between the mortgage market and the housing market is being discussed during this industry seminar using the extremely leveraged Dutch housing market as a prominent example.

GOALS AND FORMAT

The goal of the 25th ERSA Summer School is to provide the students with advanced knowledge in these fields. The Summer School will also provide an opportunity for the students to present their own work and interact with professors in these fields.

The goal of the 24th ERSA Summer School is to provide PhD-students and young researchers with advanced training in the field of urban modeling and particularly urban dynamics. In addition it is aimed at being an interactions platform where young researchers can present and discuss their own research with other young researchers and with more senior academics in the field. It is also a unique opportunity to prepare for a future research career in regional science, including enhancing publishing skills and developing an international network.